50 sats \ 3 replies \ @ek 15 Sep 2023 \ parent \ on: Feature suggestion: "What do you bet that fewest others will bet on?" meta
t's awesome that you're working on this, it's definitely a hard problem to solve but one that would give great unique value to users. Feel free to bounce ideas with me, don't worry about being pedantic or anything I love it!
Haha, did I just find my first test subject ? 👀
The first release will be on a custom signet. So you'd have infinite sats to trade with.
So instead of somehow asking "Which door is the winner?", you ask "Which door do you think everyone else thinks is the winner?", in order to bypass liars entirely.
I see, I think you're also describing the game theory behind bitcoin mining.
Miners constantly ask themselves: On which chain does the majority mine?
This is what keeps them honest. If they pick the wrong chain which is equivalent to lying in your case, they lose sats.
In mining, the answer is: the chain with the most proof of work since that chain will outgrow any other chain.
Game theory is pretty cool
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @Michelson_Morley OP 15 Sep 2023
Game theory is pretty cool
For sure one of my top 3 favorite theorys :D
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50 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek 16 Sep 2023
What are your other top 3 theories?
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Michelson_Morley OP 16 Sep 2023
Hahah i thought you'd never ask.. Definitely Evolution ("selfish" genes expressing traits which compete in reality => traits adapting to environments) and Relativity ("things" tell "space" how to curve; "space" tells "things" how to move)! What about you
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